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Can anyone name this bird?

Started by Dragonteacher, Dec 29 2012 08:32 PM

identify this bird

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#1 Dragonteacher

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 08:32 PM

I don't know where or by whom this photo was taken. It was emailed to me by a friend who also received it from a friend. All of this in an effort to identify this bird.

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#2 HoosierFan90

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 08:37 PM

That's a Bearded Vulture, aka a Lammergeier.

Lifelist: 129

Latest Lifers: Long-tailed Duck, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Common Merganser, Bufflehead, Chipping Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Kingbird, Hermit Thrush, Swamp Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-Winged Teal, Osprey, Chimney Swift

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#3 jdeitsch

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 08:53 PM

Welcome to Whatbird!!! Dragonteacher!

agree with Beared Vulture!

Life: 227
2013: 193
Neighborhood: 160
Gwinnett County: 172

Listen, watch, bird.

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#4 Dragonteacher

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 08:58 PM

THANK YOU BOTH SOOO MUCH!!! IT HAS BEEN WEEKS OF LOOKING!!!!

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#5 Parula

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 09:18 PM

Thirded

Yard list 132
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 178
Recent- Gray-cheeked Thrush
Year list- 212